Paul Simon Quotes
There's something about the sound of a train that's very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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I could never say Rza's trash. But he didn't come with the right formula on '8 Diagrams.' I think 'Cuban Linx 2' will have the Clan back where they need to be, but then it's up for the Clan to be back where they need to be, too. 'Cos it ain't just the album, you know what I mean? It's everything.
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Thomas Friedman's 'The World is Flat' sold more copies in India than in the U.K. The market for go-getting business books or wonkish tomes by corporate moguls posing as philosopher kings has grown dramatically in modernising China and India.
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Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.
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Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.
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As governor, I'm spending my time focused in three areas: creating jobs, reducing the expense of government and schools.
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The president is just the coach of a football team. You need the right support, the right stadium, the right players, the right staff. An excellent coach is not going to win games.
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We don't have one of those houses where there's a rope that separates the kids' area from the adult area. There's a happy medium. It's all about fabric choices, accessories.
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I am trying to do my own thing, but there will always be comparisons, even if I don't agree with them.
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What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure.
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Very, very rare that you do a job knowing that the audience is desperate for you to do that job. Most films you make don't get released, is the fact.
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Knowledge is sometimes superfluous: when we need it, we have it not.
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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles... like Audrey Hepburn.
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I was only 23 and just out of college when I filmed 'Casualty' and so nervous, but it was brilliant fun. I was really lucky, and it really helped my career.
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You aren't going to leave me alone are you?
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Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped.
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I drink tons of water. When you're puffy, you think you can't drink water since you feel more bloated and gross but that's what you do to get the toxins out of your system. I put a little lemon in the water bottle that I carry around with me or drink a cup of hot water with lemon. It's a natural diuretic.
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In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
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I ain't here to tell nobody what's right or what's wrong.
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I've discovered that sheer quantity doesn't necessarily make for a heavier sound; if anything, overdubs make guitars sound mushier.
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The real drug is to train like a madman, really like a madman.
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I actually enjoy being on my own, because it allows me to do what I do.
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There's something about the sound of a train that's very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
